Airports / New York / IUA
Canandaigua Airport
IUAOntario County IDA, New YorkELEV 814 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
20 nm
To the nearest alternate
Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Canandaigua Airport, listed as IUA, is a general aviation field in Ontario County IDA, New York. The field lies at an elevation of 814 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
IUA has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC, 20 nm), Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH, 46 nm), and Elmira Corning Regional Airport (ELM, 49 nm).
Quotes for flights out of IUA vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from IUA, or browse verified operators serving the area.
What fliers highlight
Easy in & out
2/5 reviews“Its location, mere minutes away from Canandaigua Lake, is another reason to sing its praises.”
Brett Beachner5★ on Google
Staff & service
2/5 reviews“Speaking of service, it's hard to overstate just how outstanding the maintenance and service crew are.”
Brett Beachner5★ on Google
Themes counted by keyword across Google review texts for Canandaigua Airport — every quote is verbatim from a real review.
Field capability
ICAO
D38
IATA
IUA
FAA / Local
IUA
Elevation
814 ft
Coordinates
42.9089° N · 77.3252° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NY fields
state range 6–2,135 ft
At 814 ft, IUA sits higher than 70% of the 50 New York fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 20nmROCFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportRochester
- 46nmITHIthaca Tompkins Regional AirportIthaca
- 49nmELMElmira Corning Regional AirportElmira/Corning
- 55nmSYRSyracuse Hancock International AirportSyracuse
- 62nmBUFBuffalo Niagara International AirportBuffalo
- 72nmIAGNiagara Falls International AirportNiagara Falls
Location
Open the full mapD38 · Canandaigua Airport · Ontario County IDA, NY
From the ramp
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